New Amazon Fire TV Stick (2017) review: Why It is the BEST TV streaming stick and how to use it

Amazon Fire TV Stick is the latest media streamer—and its only one available in “stick” form—comes with a remote out of the box that gives you access to voice search and Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. It also features an upgraded quad-core processor, and perhaps most impressive of all is available for just $39.99, You can Get $5 Discount if you Buy from given below link Despite a few omissions in streaming apps, the Fire TV Stick With Alexa Voice Remote easily offers enough in the way of features and value to make it our Editors’ Choice for budget media streamers

Amazon Fire TV Stick Review:

The new Amazon Fire TV Stick (2017) review: Specs

As mentioned above, the new Fire TV Stick comes with an updated UI. The biggest change you’ll notice here is that the top half of the screen is now a cinematic slider that suggests programs to watch. After a few idle seconds, this transforms into a silent trailer. It’s all very slick.

New Amazon Fire TV Stick 2017 review – remote

New Amazon Fire TV Stick (2017): Design and remote

As you can see from the pictures, not much has changed physically. Both the dongle and remote have increased in size, a bit, but that’s really not an issue. However, some R&D has evidently gone into updating the remote: its curved back now nestles nicely into your palm, with its minimalistic buttons sensibly spread out.

New Amazon Fire TV Stick (2017): Alexa integration

Alexa integration adds massive potential to the Fire TV Stick. It means you can now use the voice remote to control smart devices in your house, discover local restaurants, follow your sports team… the list goes on.

Want to check what the weather today then you’ll get a quick message with a graph that displays the weather report

How to use Alexa on the Amazon Fire TV Stick

Accessing Alexa’s voice-activated features is easy. Just press and hold the Voice button on your Amazon Fire TV Voice Remote or the Fire TV Remote app and say what you want Alexa to do. Alexa then answers back directly through your Fire TV. Many features open in a separate display on your TV screen, so you can both see and hear Alexa in action.

When an Alexa display is open on your TV screen, press the Back or Home buttons on your Fire TV remote to return to the previous screen.

The language you can use to control her is also pretty flexible. She’ll respond to “fast-forward five minutes” in the same way she does “skip ahead five minutes”, which makes using it feel much more natural.

New Amazon Fire TV Stick (2017): Apps

Amazon’s Appstore lets you add extra media services to the Fire TV Stick’s home screen. A lot of big-name apps are available, including Spotify Connect, YouTube, Sky News and BBC Sport. There’s even a Netflix app, so if you’re a subscriber to Amazon’s rival streaming service, the Fire TV Stick can be your single point of access to both massive media libraries.

Alternatively, you can play your own content, using apps such as Plex; it’s good to see that the Plex for Fire TV app includes access to Plex Cloud Sync servers, which isn’t available on all platforms. DLNA and AirPlay streaming are supported too, using third-party apps such as AirPlay/DLNA Receiver; in practice, though, we hit problems trying to stream Full HD content from an iPhone over a wireless network, resulting in broken and distorted video.

New Amazon Fire TV Stick 2017 review – group shot

You can also download games from the Appstore and play them using your remote, or invest in the optional Fire TV Game controller (Check out the Fire TV Game Controller on Amazon). The Fire TV Stick isn’t as powerful as the Fire TV set-top box, but you can enjoy the sort of basic games you’d usually find on your smartphone.

And, of course, since file explorer apps are readily available, you can install your own third-party apps. Hence the popularity of Kodi on the Fire TV Stick, which opens up a huge new catalog of content (not all of it strictly legal).

New Amazon Fire TV Stick (2017): CONCLUSION

The Amazon Fire TV Stick is great. The stick is more versatile, and its quad-core processor it’s super quick. Alexa is a great addition too, though not quite on the same level of intelligence as the Apple TV’s voice-control remote. The killer feature? At $34.99 it represents incredible value.

Some The Best Feature You Can Do With New Amazon Fire TV Stick

The next generation of our best-selling Fire TV Stick. The most powerful streaming media stick under $50–now with the Alexa Voice Remote.

Launch and control content with the included Alexa Voice Remote. Simply say, “Play Game of Thrones” or “Launch Netflix” and Alexa will respond instantly. Plus, play music, find movie show times, order a pizza, and more—just ask.

No cable or satellite? No problem. Watch the best of live TV and sports from AMC, HGTV, ESPN, FOX, and others with a subscription to DIRECTV NOW, or top-rated primetime shows with CBS All Access.

Find the best way to watch with universal search results from over 140 channels and apps including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video Prime members get unlimited access to Prime Video, featuring thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost.

Plus, members can add over 100 premium and specialty channels like HBO and SHOWTIME—no cable or satellite subscription necessary.

Pick up where you left off. Bring hit shows and movies with you when you travel. Plug Fire TV Stick into any TV’s HDMI port, connect to Wi-Fi and continue watching. Play current favorites or quickly discover what to watch next directly from the Home screen

The Amazon Fire TV Stick is great. The stick is more versatile, and its quad-core processor it’s super quick. Alexa is a great addition too, though not quite on the same level of intelligence as the Apple TV’s voice-control remote. The killer feature? At $34.99 it represents incredible value.

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